❓ Hon Wilson Tucker questions the Minister for Lands regarding the difficulty in providing yearly average turnaround times for land registration documents, given that Landgate already publishes weekly turnaround times on its website. The Minister responds that extracting historical data for all document types would be an unreasonable use of government resources.
AnsweredQoN 784Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
LANDGATE — LAND REGISTRATION SYSTEM
784. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the minister representing the
Minister for Lands:
I refer to my question 757 asked
yesterday, to which I received an answer that was seemingly copied and pasted
from the answer to my previous question 579 asked on 18 May.
I draw to the minister's
attention the fact that my question of yesterday asked specifically for the
yearly average turnaround times for the documents listed on Landgate's
own website under the heading ''Lodgement turnaround times''. As
Landgate already publishes turnaround times on its website, why is it deemed
too difficult for Landgate to provide this same information to Parliament?
784. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the minister representing the
Minister for Lands:
I refer to my question 757 asked
yesterday, to which I received an answer that was seemingly copied and pasted
from the answer to my previous question 579 asked on 18 May.
I draw to the minister's
attention the fact that my question of yesterday asked specifically for the
yearly average turnaround times for the documents listed on Landgate's
own website under the heading ''Lodgement turnaround times''. As
Landgate already publishes turnaround times on its website, why is it deemed
too difficult for Landgate to provide this same information to Parliament?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following response has been provided by the
Minister for Lands.
The
average lodgement turnaround times publicly available on Landgate's
website, as referenced by the honourable member, are calculated weekly
based on the estimated time taken from date of lodgement to the time documents are assigned to an examiner of titles. As these
figures are point-in-time estimates, they are distinct from the historical average turnaround times for each document type for each year from 2017 to
2023. As previously advised, there are 82 document types within the land
registration system, with more than two million documents received over the
period from 2017 to 2023. To answer the honourable member's question,
Landgate would have to examine and extract data for the period 2017 to 2023 on
all 82 document types, which is not considered a reasonable use of government
resources.
some notice of the question. The following response has been provided by the
Minister for Lands.
The
average lodgement turnaround times publicly available on Landgate's
website, as referenced by the honourable member, are calculated weekly
based on the estimated time taken from date of lodgement to the time documents are assigned to an examiner of titles. As these
figures are point-in-time estimates, they are distinct from the historical average turnaround times for each document type for each year from 2017 to
2023. As previously advised, there are 82 document types within the land
registration system, with more than two million documents received over the
period from 2017 to 2023. To answer the honourable member's question,
Landgate would have to examine and extract data for the period 2017 to 2023 on
all 82 document types, which is not considered a reasonable use of government
resources.
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